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Biodiversität
(2008)
Der Begriff der Biodiversität, im deutschen Sprachgebrauch häufig zur Artenvielfalt verkürzt, bezeichnet allgemein die Vielfalt von Genen, Arten und Lebensräumen. Ihre Bewahrung ist inzwischen Gegenstand zahlreicher sowohl ...
Bioenergy and rural development in developing countries: A review of existing studies
(2008-06)
Four broad types of studies on rural development and bioenergy technologies are identified. Within these four types, this discussion paper presents a number of existing studies which are most relevant in the context of ...
Shadow pricing market access: A trade benefit function approach
(2008-01)
Appropriate assessment of the social value of market access is at the core of a broad range of inquiries in trade research. A selection include: the appraisal of industry-level production and consumption distortions due ...
Chinas langer Marsch zur Umweltrevolution: Umweltprobleme und Umweltpolitik der Chinesischen Volksrepublik
(2008-10)
Ein rasantes und rücksichtsloses Wirtschaftswachstum bedroht in China die Lebensgrundlagen von mehr als einer Milliarde Menschen. Umweltschutz ist so zu einer wichtigen Aufgabe geworden, der sich die Regierung nicht länger ...
Scope and sustainability of cooperation in transboundary water sharing of the Volta river
(2008-09)
The paper explores the scope and sustainability of a self-enforcing cooperative agreement in the framework of a game theoretic model, where the upstream and downstream country, Burkina Faso and Ghana respectively in the ...
On the evolutionary edge of migration as an assortative mating device
(2008-02)
In a haystack-type representation of a heterogeneous population that is evolving according to a payoff structure of a prisoner’s dilemma game, migration is modeled as a process of “swapping” individuals between heterogeneous ...
Label performance and the willingness to pay for fair trade coffee: A cross-national perspective
(2008-10)
In this paper we investigate how label information detailing the performance of the Fair Trade labeling program with respect to coffee affect consumers’ willingness to pay in the United States and in Germany. We provide ...
The impact of location on crop choice and rural livelihood: Evidences from villages in northern Ethiopia
(2008-07)
This paper attempts to demonstrate how location of an agricultural economic activity in relation to urban centers determines households' decision to allot their agricultural land to the production of either staple crop or ...